Graduation Quotes

Graduation is an emotional time for all involved. It’s a time when we want to say the right thing, and we’re not sure if we are up to it. Why not use some of these famous graduation quotes to share your thoughts? Some great people have contributed to this list. I’m sure they would be happy to share their thoughts with your graduate.

famous grad quotes: hope and advice
These graduation quotes offer hope and advice. Necessary ingredients to a great commencement.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future. - Plato

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. - William Arthur Ward

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictectus

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom. - Proverb

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. - Albert Einstein

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. - Les Brown

Nothing happens unless first a dream. - Carl Sandburg

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland

Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. - Wendy Wasserstein

All our dreams can come true…if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney